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Quick Loan Fraud: Balkan Victims Left Helpless – and Indebted

"I want to donate money, I need [your] ID," is the Facebook message that changed Marija's life. It was a message that has brought her a lot of anxiety and a large debt, all from a few quick loans and the shame that she let it happen to her at all. Because of that shame, she spoke to BIRN on condition that we not use her real name and refer to her only as Marija.

Mexico Arrests Suspected Romanian Boss of ATM Skimming Network

Mexican prosecutors have announced the arrest of a man identified in Romania as a key underworld figure, Florian Tudor, suspected of runnning an international skimming operation copying credit card data.

The arrest follows an extradition request from Romania concerning charges of organised crime, extortion and aggravated attempted homicide.

#DiplomaticCentennial/Dan Adrian Balanescu: Lithuania, Latvia used EU Council Presidency for promotion, we'll follow example

Lithuania and Latvia shared with Romania, starting from their own experiences, the particulars and opportunities specific to the process of preparing and exercising the mandate of the EU Council Presidency, and these consultations have identified good practices such as the opportunity to use European funds to prepare the additional staff involved in the presidency, said Romania's Ambass